Fenton

//ˈfɛn.tən// name

Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A place in England:; A hamlet in Pidley cum Fenton parish, Huntingdonshire district, Cambridgeshire (OS grid ref TL3279). countable, uncountable
  2. 2
    A place in England:; A village in Hayton parish, Cumberland district, Cumbria (OS grid ref NY501560). countable, uncountable
  3. 3
    A place in England:; A village and civil parish (without a council) in South Kesteven district, Lincolnshire (OS grid ref SK880509). countable, uncountable
  4. 4
    A place in England:; A village and civil parish in West Lindsey district, Lincolnshire (OS grid ref SK844767). countable, uncountable
  5. 5
    A place in England:; A hamlet in Doddington parish, Northumberland, divided into East and West Fenton (OS grid ref NT9733). countable, uncountable
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  1. 6
    A place in England:; A hamlet in Sturton le Steeple parish, Bassetlaw district, Nottinghamshire (OS grid ref SK792248). countable, uncountable
  2. 7
    A place in England:; A town in Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, one of the Potteries (OS grid ref SJ897446). countable, uncountable
  3. 8
    A place in the United States:; A township in Whiteside County, Illinois. countable, uncountable
  4. 9
    A place in the United States:; A city in Kossuth County, Iowa. countable, uncountable
  5. 10
    A place in the United States:; An unincorporated community in Trigg County, Kentucky. countable, uncountable
  6. 11
    A place in the United States:; A village in Jefferson Davis Parish, Louisiana. countable, uncountable
  7. 12
    A place in the United States:; A city and township in Genesee County, Michigan. countable, uncountable
  8. 13
    A place in the United States:; A township in Murray County, Minnesota. countable, uncountable
  9. 14
    A place in the United States:; A small city in St. Louis County, Missouri. countable, uncountable
  10. 15
    A place in the United States:; A town in Broome County, New York. countable, uncountable
  11. 16
    A community south-east of Prince Albert, Saskatchewan, Canada. countable, uncountable
  12. 17
    A habitational surname from Old English. countable, uncountable

Etymology

From Middle English Fenton, from Old English fenn (“fen, marsh”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).

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